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“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”

       -Dr. Seuss 

Roseland Montessori School

7th Grade: Early American History

8th Grade: Louisiana History

 2018-2019

 

 

 

Welcome to Grangerland!!! 

                                     

Mrs. Danielle Granger 

Rm# 12

Phone #: (985)748-9307 

Morning Assembly:8:05-8:20

7th Grade: 8:20-9:40

7th Grade: 9:40-11:02

 8th Grade: 11:02-12:24

8th Grade:12:58-3:15

2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning

Teacher Email: [email protected]

ClassWebsite:  http://app.oncoursesystems.com/school/webpage.aspx?id=13414585  

 

                                                                                                                                                                 

7th Grade Early American History

8:20-9:40

9:40-11:02

2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning

In 7th grade, students explore the formation of the American identity as they learn early United States history from the eve of the Revolution to the end of Reconstruction.

The key themes in 7th grade highlight the connections among the Grade Level Expectations that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the 7th grade claims.

 

Unit 1: Road to Independence

Topic One:Rising Tension with Britain 

Topic Two: A Crisis in the Colonies

Topic Three: The Revolutionary War  

 

 

Unit 2: Governing a New Nation

Topic One: Articles of Confederation

Topic Two: Creating the Constitution

Topic Three: The Federal System 

 

 

The New Republic 

Topic One: Governing the New Nation

Topic Two: The Jefferson Era

Topic Three: Jacksonian Democracy 

 

 

Expansion & Conflict 

Topic One: Westward Expansion

Topic Two: Growth and Reform

Topic Three: Slavery 

 

 

The Civil War 

Topic One: Sectionalism

Topic Two: Lincoln and Secession

Topic Three: The Civil War 

 

 

Reconstruction

Topic One: Reconstruction 

Topic Two: Life for African Americans during Reconstruction

Topic Three: The Last Years of Reconstruction 

 

 

 

8th Grade Louisiana History

 11:02-12:24

12:58-3:15

2:15-3:05 Enrichment/Planning

In 8th grade, students explore the economic, political, and social changes that have formed Louisiana’s identity as they learn about Louisiana’s geography, colonial Louisiana, Antebellum period, Civil War and Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Louisiana, Civil Rights Era and modern day Louisiana. The key themes in 8th grade highlight the connections among the Grade Level Expectations that students should make as they develop and express informed opinions about the 8th grade  claims.

 

 

Unit 1: Louisiana’s Identity: This is Louisiana

Topic One: Native American Settlement

Topic Two: European Exploration and Settlement

Topic Three: Louisiana’s Cultural Geography 

 

Unit 2: Louisiana: Settlement and Colonial Legacy 

Topic One: Louisiana Purchase

Topic Two: Statehood and Battle of New Orleans 

 

Unit 3: 19th Century Louisiana: A State in Conflict

Topic One: Antebellum Period

Topic Two: Civil War in Louisiana

Topic Three: Reconstruction 

 

Unit 4: Louisiana: An Identity in Transition 

Topic One: Jim Crow Louisiana

Topic Two: Populism and the Flood of 1927

Topic Three: Huey Long 

 

Unit 5: 20th Century Louisiana: A Changing Identity 

Topic One: World War II 

Topic Two: Civil Rights

 

Unit 6: Louisiana’s Identity: A Modern State

Topic One: Louisiana’s Government

Topic Two: Louisiana’s Economy

Topic Three: Louisiana’s Natural Resources

Topic Four: Coastal Erosion